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minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoStates starting with A are huge, states starting with W are tiny. (If there were states starting with Z they’d be even smaller)
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s what I originally thought, but if you compare Maine and Alaska, the sizes aren’t much different to my eye
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoI don’t know, it’s a dumb concept anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squarewjrii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBut which map projection is he using?
minus-squareLesrid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMaybe he took all the current areas of the states. Then reassigned them alphabetically. Rather than creating new areas.
minus-squareAmputret@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThen why is Hawaii fucking massive?
minus-squareninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHawaii’s landmass is spread out across islands. If you smash them all together the size looks like it’d be comparable to Illinois. Colorado, on the other hand, looks a bit large.
States starting with A are huge, states starting with W are tiny. (If there were states starting with Z they’d be even smaller)
That’s what I originally thought, but if you compare Maine and Alaska, the sizes aren’t much different to my eye
I don’t know, it’s a dumb concept anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But which map projection is he using?
Maybe he took all the current areas of the states. Then reassigned them alphabetically. Rather than creating new areas.
Then why is Hawaii fucking massive?
Hawaii’s landmass is spread out across islands. If you smash them all together the size looks like it’d be comparable to Illinois. Colorado, on the other hand, looks a bit large.